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A 2013 zoning ordinance threatened Hermine Ricketts with a $50 fine each day for the garden she had tended for years. So she pulled it up — and got a lawyer.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday echoed U.S. views that Iraqi elections can't be held before the July 1 transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. Iraqi Shiites express disappointment, but many still want U.N. help in setting up elections before the end of the year. But the delay is welcomed by minority Sunnis, who fear Shiites could sweep an early vote. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

Former U.N. weapons inspector David Kay tells Congress that no evidence has been found to date of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Congress is preparing to weigh President Bush's request for an additional $600 million to continue the hunt for banned Iraqi arms. The request was part of Bush's $87 billion funding request for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara and Charles Duelfer, formerly with the U.N. Special Commission on Iraq.

Officials from the United States, Europe, Russia and China gather in Paris to plan the U.N. Security Council's next step in the ongoing standoff with Iran. An International Atomic Energy Agency report said Friday that Iran had not complied with demands to stop enriching uranium.

The people who died had been slowed or stopped in traffic beneath the new pedestrian bridge. The main span was installed Saturday near the campus of Florida International University.

The Smithsonian Institution has millions of fossils, sculptures and other historic artifacts in its vast collections. Twenty of them are now available for 3-D printing — and viewing from every conceivable angle — online.

It's hard for anyone to get enough of the sunshine vitamin in the wintry North, and dark-skinned teens may be especially prone to a deficiency, doctors find. A weekly supplement can help.

Voter I.D. laws have been hotly debated this election season. Now, a Pennsylvania case is challenging that state's new Voter I.D. law. The Justice Department also announced that it will investigate whether the law is discriminatory. Host Michel Martin speaks with Columbia Law Professor Nathan Persily for more on the case.

On Saturday, anti-Trump demonstrations are being planned around the country, as well as a military parade in Washington, D.C. Saturday is also President Trump's 79th birthday.

The lane could run in front of the United House of Prayer, according to The Washington Post. The church says the lane would make it hard for parishioners to park their cars on the street.